St. Paul daily globe., 1887-09-19
fHE COMMERCIAL RECORD.
On the Chicrgo Board of Trade Satur.
day Little Was Done in
Grain,
Compared With the Activity Which
Marked Dealings the Day
Before.
transactions in the Financial Circles
of Wall Street---General
Quotations.

CHICAGO, Sept 17.-Little was done in
grains compared with the activity of Friday,
but enough stuff came out to break grain
values to the lowest points of the week.
After the first hours business the trading
took on the usual Saturday appearance. In
the wheat pit nearly everybody appeared to
be loaded. October opened at 69c, declined
to 6Ss4c and hung around that figure until
about noon, then weakened still further,
closing at 6SI2c, the lowest figure of the day.
1t was intimated on change that freight
rates are to be advanced on Monday, which
will interfere with the export movement.
Foreign markets were quoted quiet and dull,
and home markets were lower. Heavy re-
ceipts of corn to-day, especially by canal,
caused much comment in view of the talk all
along that there was mo corn in Illinois.
This, coupled with the fact that at
least two very stubborn holders let
go of all they could yesterday made the mar
ket very weak. October, which suffered
Sac break yesterday, declined AlsSc further
in the first fifteen minutes. 1t opened at
41ssc and sold down to Ale. Reports of
better crop in Nebraska than was anticipa-
ted helped the downward slide, and the de-
decline was not checked till 40S4c was
reached. The support at that point was suf-
ket was firmed up just before the close on
enormous charters for lake shipments. Oc
tober left off at 41c. Oats were dull, and
the decline in corn caused a weak feeling.
There was lsG4c decline in prices. Provis-
ions were quiet and dull to-day, and prices
for all the leading articles exciting the near
deliveries of short rib sides ruled lower.
Oats offerings were not very large and the
demand was less urgent than dur
ing the previous day of the
week. The longer deliveries of all kinds of
products were the weakest.in sympathy with
the decline in the corn market, and the pros
poets of good receipts of hogs made trading
chiefly in contracts for October and Jan
uary delivery. The speculative market
closed tame. Inquiry for shipments was
only fair. and the few sales reported indi
Gated slight concessions in prices. The re-
ceipts of products were fair and the ship
ments were quite large, especially of lard
and meats. Eastern markets were rather
easy and foreign markets unchanged. Oc-
tober lard opened at S6.32l2, declined to
Sc. 27l2, then advanced to the close at $3.50
@6.32l2. October short ribs sold at SS.15@
S.25, opened at Ss.15 and closed at IS. .2O@
s.22l2. January mess pork sold at S12.12l2
@1230, closing at So 15@12.1T12.
THE QUOTATIONS..
The leading futures ranged as follows:
Nheat-No. ,. September, 6734c, closing at
67Ssc; October. 69c, closing at 6s12c:
November, 7014c, closing at 697sc; December,
T1S4c, closing at 7114c. Corn-No. 2, Septem-
ber, Ale, closing at 41s4c; october, 4l$sc,
closing at 407sc; November, 414c, closing at
dc; May, 4414c, closing at 44SSc. Oats
No. 2, september. 256sc, closing at 2514c;
october, 25ssc, closing at 2514c; November,
25lsc, closing at 255sc; May, 29s4c, closing at
2984c. Mess pork, per barrel-Year, closed
at Sl1.90; January, $3.50, closing at
S12.15. Lard, per 100 lbs.-September,
S6.35, closing at $3.50; October, S6.35,
closing at $3.50; November So. 30 closing
at S6.27la: January, S6.4O, closing at
S6.35. Short ribs. per100 lbs.-September.
SS.15, closing at $500; october, SS.15, clos
ng at SS 90 January, So. 80, closing at So. 17l2.
Cash quotations were as follows: Flour quiet
and unchanged. Wheat-No. spring, 67Ss
@677sc; No. 3 spring, 65c; No. 2 red, 7014
70l2c. Corn-No. 2, 405s@l40s4c. Oats-NoE2,
2512e asked. Rye-No. 3 47c. Barley-No. 2,
74c. Flax Seed-No. l, $I.0512. Timothy
Seed-Prime, 1920. Mess pork, per Dbl,
S15@15.25. Lard, per 100 lbs, Sc. 500
6.32l2. Short ribs sides Qoose), SS25.
Shoulders, dry salted (boxed), So. .25@5. .35.
Short clear sides (boxed), S9.55@S6O.
Whisky-Distillers' finished goods, per gal,
SL10. Receipts-Flour, 12,0 900 bbls wheat,
29, 600 bu: corn, 247, 900 bu; oats, 116-
600 bu; rye, 5000 bu; barley, 5000 bu.
Shipments 21.000 pbls; wheat, T.
900 bu; corn, 100000 bu: oats, 81 900 bu;
rye, 1000 bu barley $1,000 bu. On the
produce, exchange to-day the butter market
was dull: creamery, 17@23l2c; dairy, 15@
ECrcrc firm. fracI1